Numbers: Apr. 30, 2001

21 Percent rise in U.S. public-transit ridership between 1995 and 2000

11 Percent rise in highway travel over the same period

61,000 Items, worth a total of nearly $70 million, found missing from the Immigration and Naturalization Service during an audit

539 Weapons listed in the report as missing, including six guns later linked to crimes

125 Employees of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. who have submitted claims of work-related carpal tunnel syndrome since March 2000

18 Number of those unknowingly tested for genetic defects by the company after turning in their claims

22 million Number of people who...

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